Plant Manager II

About the role

The Lyons Plant Manager is responsible for driving operational excellence throughout the entire salt plant operation, leading all plant employees to meet or exceed targeted plant goals with a focus on continuous performance improvement in Safety, Employee Engagement, Cost Management, Reliability, Production and Product Availability, and Quality.

Responsibilities

• Cultivates a proactive and sustainable health, safety, and environmental culture that supports company policy, practices, and complies with local, state, and federal laws.
• Evaluates, manages, and is responsible for meeting plant targets on operational costs, equipment/process efficiencies (labor, energy, etc.), and departmental productivity. Provides related guidance to direct reports as necessary.
• Builds upon current high morale through active engagement of employees, including listening and involving inclusive levels of employees in driving fact-based decisions that deliver timely results aligned with overall business expectations. Recognizes individual and team contributions, ideas, and performance.
• Reviews and approves departmental short-term and long-term plans and production schedules. Ensures that related strategies in plant efficiency management, inventory control, and coordination of shipments support overall objectives.
• Controls and/or coordinates the allocation of departmental personnel, machinery, and other resources to optimize production at the lowest effective cost.
• Approves proposed facility maintenance shutdowns and/or equipment repairs, considering relevant cost and service impact to benefit ratios, and approves or reschedules accordingly.
• Maintains plant operating instructions and efficiency performance. Ensures that KPIs are properly tracked, communicated, and recorded.
• Oversees the plant Management of Change process.
• Ensures that all company standards, practices, and procedures are followed.
• Overall responsibility for preparation, presentation, and results of plant budget and capital program.
• Monitors departmental employee performance, development, training, and succession management needs. Establishes processes that promote performance improvement.
• Networks and actively seeks help from available company resources. Develops positive interdepartmental relationships between the Lyons plant, other plants, and Overland Park.
• Promotes and expects a culture conducive to generating continuous improvement in operation, customer satisfaction, and adherence to CMP Core Principles.
• Leads and measures Operational Excellence initiatives for production units.
• Must be comfortable setting and juggling multiple priorities; delivering day-to-day performance of the plant with confidence while setting the longer-term vision and strategy for processes and people at the plant.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in engineering from an accredited educational institution.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in Operations Management in the chemicals or mineral processing industries; preferably with roles of increasing responsibility in multiple plant locations.
• Distinct preference for a degree in Chemical Engineering with understanding and experience in inorganic chemistry processes and crystallization.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
• The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.